Katie Price responds to claims 'missing' husband Lee Andrews has been 'online'

Katie Price has responded to a possible clue in the search for her husband Lee Andrews, who she says is missing and hasn't been seen by her in a week.

She said she last spoke to him on 13 May where he told her he was trapped in a van in Dubai and people were 'coming' for him, he's since been declared missing.

"Cause the last thing I know is his hands are tied. He had a hood over his head, not fully over and he was in the back of a van," Price said.

Former Apprentice contestant Luisa Zissman has joined the search for Andrews, saying she wants to go to Dubai and help find him because she thinks Price is a 'national treasure'.

Day one of her search had Zissman thinking she turned up a clue as Andrews' social media appeared to have been active just hours ago.

However, it seems this possible clue has turned into a dead end as Price posted that she had access to her husband's Facebook account so she was responsible for the recent activity.

"I have Lee's Facebook, it's not him on this it's me," she wrote, as the search continues.

Private investigator Mark Williams-Thomas, who has worked on the cases of Madeleine McCann and Jay Slater, has commented on the matter of the missing Andrews.

"His hands were tied, not by handcuffs, but he had managed to make a FaceTime call to her and didn't tell her to phone the police, and he himself didn't phone the police and didn't give any more information," the investigator observed.

"And since then, apparently, his phone has gone dead, although he has, or someone has, managed to go onto his social media and delete some informational posts that are on there. So that's slightly strange, isn't it?"

Williams-Thomas also addressed some of the claims from The Sun that the allegedly missing man is actually 'squatting in a slightly run-down villa'.

The investigator continued: "We then get The Sun newspaper, who basically say, 'well, we know he's in a villa, so therefore we know where he is. He's wanted by Interpol and he's conned a number of people out of money'.

"And my point here is, well, if The Sun know where he is, tell Interpol and let him get arrested.

"If they aren't and they haven't told that and they do know where he is, as they say in their report, then that's irresponsible.

"You know, he's wanted. Tell the police where he is and he can get him arrested."

A spokesperson for FCDO has given the following statement to LADbible Group: "We are supporting the family of a British man and are in contact with the local authorities."

Katie Price's missing husband: a timeline

12 May: Missed UK television appearance

The Dubai businessman, originally from Manchester, is supposed to be on an episode of Good Morning Britain alongside his wife.

When asked if Andrews got arrested at the airport, Price says: "No. You know, they just said it to me in there.

"So, I just said, 'Lee, apparently a British man has been detained. Can you just confirm that it's not you?' Because I obviously know it's not him.

"So, he's just done a voice note back and laughing emojis. 'No, it's not me' and a voice note. And he's just sent me pictures."

In a vlog on her YouTube channel, Price shares footage of herself calling Andrews after her GMB appearance, telling him: "None of them believe you're coming at all. The fact is, you've just got to get here and prove everyone wrong.

"They're like, 'Kate, do you know anything about this man?'"

13 May: Last known contact

Price says on her channel that Andrews is 'at the airport going through the border control to get his exit stamp'.

"So, he said he's 100 percent, a billion percent, coming today," she adds.

14–16 May: Communication suddenly stops

Price says she and Andrews are normally in 'constant contact' and it's 'worrying' that she can't get through to him on the phone.

"We're now wondering, as far-fetched as it is, he's a missing person," she adds. "I don't know if he's been kidnapped."

16 May: Price pleads 'please help me find my husband'

Over the weekend, Price says, 'the truth is, Lee has been missing for three days'.

"Lee was trying to get through the border near Hatta and, oh God, this is so discombobulating," she continues. "His location went off at 10:03, Wednesday night, that's the last contact anyone's had, his family and me.

"This is the third day now, obviously, he phoned me before the location went off. He's in the middle of nowhere, obviously, I'm worried."

Price adds that 'the last FaceTime call I had with him… he had ties around his hand and a hood'

"He sounded really worried and said like whispering, ‘They're coming for me now. They're coming for me. I've got to go’,” she explains.

17–18 May: Missing person report filed

According to The Sun, a missing person report has been lodged by his family at the British Embassy in Dubai.

"Lee is officially a missing person now," a source tells the outlet.

"Katie is in constant contact with his family and is desperately worried. And she’s mortified — she’s seen people calling it a stunt and that she must be in on it, but she’s absolutely not.

"This is such a worrying, upsetting situation."

19 May: Accusations emerge that Andrews is on the run

In a lengthy expose published by The Sun, journalist Clemmie Moodie accuses Andrews of scamming her out of £1,000, as well as claiming that he is currently hiding out in Dubai.

"Lee has NOT been kidnapped; he is simply in hiding after also ghosting his devastated wife for the past six days," she claims. "He is not dead. He is not in jail. And he has not been detained."

"He is squatting in a slightly run-down villa, frantically planning a route out of this ginormous hole he appears to have buried himself in, and is understood to be liaising with his few trusted contacts on a 'burner phone'," the report alleges.

This follows claims from numerous partners that Andrews scammed them out of money, which he denies.

Price details final FaceTime call with Andrews, denies 'publicity stunt' accusations

Price says she hasn't spoken to Andrews since Wednesday night, telling fans in a recent YouTube update that he was attempting to leave the UAE.

"The last time I heard from him, he FaceTimed me, he had a hood on and said, ‘I've just been captured or arrested’ and had ties around his hand, not handcuffs, and said ‘they're coming back for me’," she explains.

Price denies accusations that this is a publicity stunt, calling the claims 'disgusting'.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for FCDO has given the following statement to LADbible Group: "We are supporting the family of a British man and are in contact with the local authorities."